Collins

An English surname originating as a patronymic from the given name Colin.

Proper noun

  1. An English surname originating as a patronymic from the given name Colin.
    • "But your own name too sounds funny," Tampio said. "Your names are repeated. Only you have spelt one wrongly. How could you call yourself Colin Collins? Here in Cameroon, we only know about Collins." - 2011, Colin...
    • Collins and the Trump campaign on Wednesday celebrated the recount decision from the Georgia secretary of state as a victory for “integrity” and “transparency.” - 2020 November 11, Veronica Stracqualursi, “Georgia to...
    • The Collinses — parents of four children — present themselves as rationalists, techies trying to solve the looming depopulation crisis by any means necessary. (Simone was pregnant with the fourth child during the...
  2. A surname from Irish, anglicized from Irish Ó Coileáin.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  4. A locale in the United States.

    1. A town in New York; named for a local dairy farming family.

    2. A city, the county seat of Covington County, Mississippi; named for Mississippi statesman Fred W. Collins.

    3. A city in Georgia; named for early settler Perry Collins.

    4. A city in Iowa.

    5. A village in Missouri; named for the local judge William Collins.

    6. A former settlement in Fresno County, California.

    7. An unincorporated community in Napa County, California.

    8. An unincorporated community in Indiana; named for railroad official James Collins.

    9. A census-designated place in Wisconsin; named for railroad official Sumner J. Collins.

Origin

* As an English surname, variant of Colin. * As an Irish and Manx surname, from Ó Coileáin (“descendant of Coileán”), see Cullen, McQuillan, and McCallion. * As a French surname, Americanized from Collin and Colette. * As a Slovene surname, Americanized from Kolenc, from koleno (“knee”) and the obsolete kolenc (“nipplewort”).

Forms

Collinses Collin Colin Collings Colling Collis Colins Collen Cullan

Derived

Collins Creek Collins Green Collinsian collinsite Collinsville Fort Collins Mount Collins

Proper noun form of, plural

  1. plural of Collin

Origin

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Related

Colins

Noun

  1. Any of various alcoholic drinks made with lemon juice, sugar, and carbonated water.
    • He ordered a schpritzer for himself (it was a hot summer day) and after she'd finished her Collins, he asked if she wanted to order. - 1966, Nicholas Samstag, Come and see my shining palace, page 268:

Forms

Collinses

Synonyms

collins John Collins Tom Collins